Lantern control! by DraconicalX

Format: Commander

Commander: Circu, Dimir Lobotomist

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This deck translates the classic Lantern Control archetype into Commander using Circu, Dimir Lobotomist to deny opposing game plans. The strategy revolves around full information and precise topdeck manipulation. By revealing the top cards of all libraries with Lantern of Insight or Wizened Snitches, you use mill rocks like Codex Shredder, Ghoulcaller's Bell, and Wand of Denial to filter away opposing threats and answers. Meanwhile, stax pieces like Ensnaring Bridge, Torpor Orb, and Back to Basics paralyze the board. You win by hard lock concession, decking opponents over time, or copying a critical piece with Mechanized Production.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Annul
  • 1 Arcane Laboratory
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Argivian Restoration
  • 1 Artificer's Intuition
  • 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
  • 1 Back to Basics
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Circu, Dimir Lobotomist
  • 1 Codex Shredder
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterbalance
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crawlspace
  • 1 Dakra Mystic
  • 1 Damping Sphere
  • 1 Dizzy Spell
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Ensnaring Bridge
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Ghoulcaller's Bell
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Harbinger of the Seas
  • 29 Island
  • 1 Lantern of Insight
  • 1 Loyal Inventor
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Memory Lapse
  • 1 Metallic Rebuke
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mindlock Orb
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Orb of Dreams
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Pithing Needle
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Portent
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reality Ripple
  • 1 Reshape
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Silent Gravestone
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Telepathy
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Tormod's Crypt
  • 1 Torpor Orb
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Wand of Denial
  • 1 Welding Jar
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Winter Moon
  • 1 Witchbane Orb
  • 1 Wizened Snitches
  • 1 Zur's Weirding